Union Square Main Streets proudly presents the 6th Annual Good Food For All campaign June 17-24.
Back for a 6th year, local businesses, farmers market vendors, and community members have teamed up for this week-long, community campaign to raise awareness and funds for the local SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, the successor to Food Stamps) match available at the Union Square Farmers Market.
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Mayor Katjana Ballantyne makes her address on Community Health Workers Appreciation Day.
By Beatriz Leite
The Union Square market tours are officially back for the season and will take place once a month, until September. The tour is free of charge and goes through the three small Union Square markets and finishes at Nibble Kitchen located in Bow Market. The duration is one and a half hours.
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By Denise Provost
On Thursday evening, June 8, the Somerville Museum hosted an opening reception for its exhibit, Phil Reavis: Above and Beyond. As an athlete, Reavis went from setting high jump records as a Somerville High School student to representing the U.S. in the Olympics. Former Boston Globe executive sports editor Jerry Nason wrote, “Phil is the greatest jumper (personal height vs. height of bar) America has ever produced.”
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After a week’s postponement, SomerStreets: Carnaval, organized by the City of Somerville Arts Council and East Somerville Main Streets, took place on Sunday, June 11, in East Somerville. Free activities and entertainment were offered for everyone, including Let’s Get Truckin’, Esh Circus, Dunk Tank and getting to know your local non-profits and community organizations. 30+ artisan vendors were present and the crowd danced along with Grooversity and many more live acts.
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By Beatriz Leite
On Tuesday, June 6, the residents of Holland Street and its surroundings joined Ward 6 Councilor Lance Davis, the Green Soul Organics team, and the City of Somerville for a Neighborhood Meeting on Zoom to discuss the impacts of the opening of an Adult Use Cannabis Retail Store at 23 Holland Street, in Davis Square at the former site of Johnny D’s Uptown.
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By Ana Celerier Salcedo
On Tuesday, June 6, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission held its second public hearing for a proposed development plan near Encore Boston Harbor. The expansion would be a development on the east side of Broadway in Everett, MA, which would allow for an increase of gaming space, theater, entertainment venues, food and beverage areas.
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By Will Mbah
Candidate for Somerville City Councilor at Large
When the ceiling collapsed in the stairwell at the Winter Hill School on June 2, happily it was late in the day and no children were in the building. But after surveying the damage, the Acting Superintendent and Mayor closed the school for the remaining two weeks of classes and the students were reassigned to other schools.
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